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Meeting a legend like Ferguson Jenkins does have its drawbacks. My younger brother who played for the storied Montreal Junior Canadiens hockey dynasty of the early 70's and the less storied Quebec Nordiques has always chided me for being driven - admittedly, a more charitable sobriquet than anal-retentive. After hearing this from him and variations of the theme from "friends" for a couple of decades, rather than simply mouthing denials I determined that I needed a justification for my Type A behaviour. To explain my addiction to my sports-crazed brother in terms a jock would understand, I dredged up a story told to me long ago by a baseball buddy. The story, if memory served...

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